Postdoctoral Fellow applicants have rated the interview process at Caltech (California) with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Postdoctoral Fellow roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Caltech (California) overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Caltech (California) as a Postdoctoral Fellow according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Presentation: 33%
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It was straightforward. A zoom interview followed by an on-site, in which people just chatted very casually. It took about one day to go through the whole thing, but got the job right after the interview.
Personalized and informative; probably very different by lab but I had a good experience overall. Usually involves a presentation as well. Recommend doing a few calls with other grad students and post docs to get one on one time.
it depends on your advisor you are going to work with. In my case, my advisor knows well about my work and we like to work together on some exciting project. So it is quite easy for me to get the job for the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your detailed plan of research for this postdoc time?